[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 51045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21312]



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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Office of Federal Procurement Policy


Proposed Rescission of OMB Circular A-109, Major System 
Acquisitions

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy.

ACTION: Proposed rescission of OMB Circular A-109, Major System 
Acquisitions.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Circular A-
109, ``Major System Acquisitions,'' in 1976 to provide uniform guidance 
to the Executive Branch agencies on the acquisition of major systems. 
Since then, OMB has provided guidance on asset acquisition under Part 3 
of Circular A-11, Planning, Budgeting, and Acquisition of Capital 
Assets, the Capital Programming Guide, Supplement to Part 3 of A-11, 
and Circular A-130, Management of Federal Information Resources. In an 
effort to eliminate duplicate guidance, OMB requests comments on the 
proposed rescission of Circular A-109.

DATES: Persons who wish to comment on the proposed rescission should 
submit their comments no later than October 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Yvette Garner, Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy, Room 9013 New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvette Garner, Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy, 202-395-7187. Only hard copies of OMB Circular A-
109 are available and can be obtained from Yvette Garner. Copies of 
Part 3 of OMB Circular A-11, the Capital Programming Guide, and OMB 
Circular A-130 can be obtained from the OMB website, http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government has been working to 
manage better the planning, budgeting, and acquisition of capital 
assets. The National Performance Review in 1993 and various legislation 
have heightened the importance to agencies and to Congress that the 
Government must improve its performance in this area. The Clinger Cohen 
Act of 1996 also provided guidance to executive agencies to establish 
effective and efficient capital planning processes for selecting, 
managing, and evaluating the results of all of its major investments in 
information systems.
    OMB issued Circular A-109, ``Major System Acquisitions,'' in 1976 
to the Heads of Executive Departments and Establishments. In recent 
years, OMB has issued additional, separate guidance on asset 
acquisition. OMB guidance under Part 3 of Circular A-11 provides 
information on planning, budgeting, and acquisition of capital assets. 
The Capital Programming Guide, Supplement to Part 3 of Circular A-11, 
also provides professionals in the Federal Government a basic reference 
to principles and techniques for planning, budgeting, acquisition, and 
management of capital assets. Circular A-130 establishes uniform 
government-wide information resources management policies as required 
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as amended by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
    In an effort to eliminate duplication of OMB guidance, OMB proposes 
to rescind Circular A-109, and continue to update Circular A-11 and 
Circular A-130 with current guidance on planning, budgeting, and 
acquisition of capital assets. OFPP requests comments on this proposed 
rescission.

Kenneth J. Oscar,
Deputy Administrator (Acting).
[FR Doc. 00-21312 Filed 8-21-00; 8:45 am]
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